Japan PM asked German leader to help remove "comfort women" statue

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has sought help from Germany Chancellor Olaf Scholz in removing a statue in Berlin symbolizing Korean "comfort women" in Japanese wartime military brothels, the top government spokesman said Wednesday.The request was made when Kishida and Scholz met in Tokyo in late April, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said, expressing the government's disappointment at the continuing presence of the statue after it was erected by a pro-Korean civic group in 2020.Relations between Japan and South Korea have been frayed over issues dating back to the 1910-1945…READ FULL ARTICLE